Garment-hanger.



PATENTBD JAN. l, 1907.

G. W. COOK.

`GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.3 ,1906.

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No. 840,045. A PATENTED JAN.1, 1907. '0. W. 000K. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED AP B..3. 1906.

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UNITED y STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARNIENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J' an. 1 1907.

Application filed April 3, 1906. Serial 'iio- 309,613.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. COOK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Springiield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inGarment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of gar-,

ment-hangers, and more particularly to that class which are adapted forsupporting trousers in a vertical position.

Broadly, the invention consists in pivotally securing an arm to a fixedsupport and placing on the arm a series of slidable pieces or clipswhich are adapted to receive a bent wire having i a hook vat its upperend and through which the garment may be drawn, the arm being adapted tobe supported in an extended position by means of a chain or otherequivalent device in a substantially horizontal position, whereby thegarments will hang in a separated position, and when the arm is lockedin a vertical position against the wall or fixed support the garmentsare adapted to lie over each other, and thus occupy but little space.

In the drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the device shown attached to a fixed support and showingthe same in folded position in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a detailed viewof the pivotal arm and securing-bracket, the arm being constructed fromround wire and bent into parallel relation. Fig. 3 is a detail view ot amodification of the swinging arm, the same being constructed from asingle solid piece of metal or other suitable material and rectangularin cross-section. Fig. i is a further modification of thesupporting-arm, the same being made tubular with a longitudinal slot inthe lower side thereof', and within the tubular arm, adapted forreciprocation, is located the adjustable supporting-piece, to which theseries of garment-hooks are attached. Fig. 5 shows the manner in whichthe supporting-arm is manipulated so as to retain the same in a verticalposition.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a -designates a portion 0I thefixed support, winch may be the door-casing or the door itself-as, forinstance, the inside portion of a closetdoor.

b designates a bracket having the longitudinal slot c, through which thesecuringis constructed from sheet metal, having porscrew is adapted topass, at the same time allowing vertical adjustment for the bracket, asclearly understood. This bracket is provided with two integral ears d at'right angles to the base portion of the bracket and parallel to eachother. Pivotally secured to the ears d is the supporting-arm e, (seeFig. 2,) one of the members of which is bent at right angles, as shownat f and passed throughL apertures in the ears d, the other member ofthe supporting-arm e being bent -around thel portion f, as clearly shownin Fig. 2`. The;

outer end of the arm e has a constricted por'- tion g, formed by bendingtowardy each othervthe two parallel members of the supporting-V arm.This constricted portion permits the same to be hooked onto the screw hwhen the arm is swung upward against thewall and the bracket b is movedupward. Upon-lowering the arm and bracket the screw b will retain thearm in a vertical position.

t designates two chains, the upper ends of which are secured to eyeboltsy', (only oneI of which shows in Fig. 1,) and the lower ends areattached to the supporting-arm c, as shown, at the bends c; They purposeof this chain is for supporting the arm in a horizontal position, asshown in Fig. 1.

m designates a slidable piece or clip which tions??J bent at rightangles to the body por` tion and apertures therethrough. The parallelmembers of the supporting-arm e are passed through the apertures of theportion n. By the term clip I include all integral portions or whateveris attached thereto.

Struck out from the bottom of the slidablecarrier-piece or clip 'm aretwo pieces o, thesame being bent together, as shown in Figs.

1, 2, and 3, and having a hole drilled or punched through the same.

p designates as a whole the garment-- hanger, adapted to be hooked intothe hole p' of the portion 0. Mounted on the lower' member of thegarment-hanger p and in the yhorizontal portion thereof'is a piece g forthe purpose of affording a broad bearing-surface for the garment,(designated by 73) thepiece-q being crimped, so as to t over thehorizontal p member of the hook, or the same may be secured thereto bysoldering.

Referring to Fig. 3, the supporting rod or member s is made rectangularin cross-section and pivoted to the ears d of the adjustablesupporting-bracket b by means of the IOO IIC

in t, as shown. The outer end of the arm is' flattened and has akeyhole-slot u therein, the larger portion of the same being adapted tobe slipped over the head of the screw h, the narrow portion thereofbeing adapted to receivev the shank portion of the screw and hold therod s in a` vertical position, as readily understood. o designates thecarrier-piece used in connection with this form of su porting-arm, thesame being constructe substantially like the one shown in Fig. 2, withthe exception that instead of the two series of apertures in the bent-upportion of the carrierieee a rectangular o eninO is rovidedcorresponding in shape to the cross-section of the 'supporting-rod s.

Referring to the further modification shown in Fig. 4, w designates atubular supporting-arni,having the longitudinal slot :c in the lowerside thereof. This arm is adapted to be supported on the bracket b bymeans of the earpieces y and a pin z passing through the earpieces d ofthe bracketl and the earpieces 'y of the supporting-arm, as shown. Theouter end ofthis arm is provided with a keyhole-slot 2 for thesamepurpose as the keyhole-slots u which have been described inconnection with Fig. 3. The slidable member 8 used in this form of suporting-arm is made substantially rectangular in shape by having theportions 4 and 5 bent so as to have a sliding fit within the arm '10,while the struck-out portions in the bottom of the sliding member 3 areconstructed the same as shown in the other figures and are adapted tohave longitudinal movement in the slot Referring to Fig. 5, (which is adetail view showing the manner in which the supportingarm is operated,)the user by lifting on the arm e raises the same, together witn thebracket b, so that the bracket and arm are elevated from the full to thedotted line position, so that the head of the screw h can be passedthrough the wide portion between the arms of the supporting member inorder that the neck of the screw h will engage the narrow or contractedportion, as shown, when the device is lowered again.

I do not limit lmyself as to the form of slot in the end of thesupporting-arm and may provide simply a drilled hole.

It is thus seen that I have provided convenient means of supporting theseries of garment-supporting hangers in either a vertical or horizontalposition and one that can bev readily attached to and removed from afixed support.

I have shown the carriers separated for convenience in placing thegarments on or removing them from-the hooks.

When the supporting-arm is swung to a vertical position, the garments,as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, all lie against each other, thusoccupying but little space.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a garment-hanger, an arm, a bracket adapted for verticaladjustment for securing the same to a fixed support, a slot orconstricted portion in the outer end of the supporting-arm, one end ofthe slot being narrower than the other, and means for engaging the slotor constricted portion in the outer end of the sup porting-arm in avertical position.

2. In a garment -hangen a supporting member pivotally and verticallyadjustably secured to a fixed support, and having a constricted openingin the end thereof, a retaining device also secured to the fixedsupport, a

series of carriers longitudinally adjustable on the supporting member,said carrier devices having portions struck out from the body portionthereof and forming earpieces whereby hooks or garment-holding devicesmay be attached thereto, and means secured to the wall for engaging theconstricted opening in the end of the supporting member whereby thesupporting member may be retained in a vertical position against thewall, and means forholding the supporting member in a horizontalposition, as described.

3. In a garment-hanger, an arm pivotally and adjustably `secured to afixed support and having a slot in the outer end thereof, a series ofcarriers mounted on the arm and having struck-out portions in the basethereof for affording means for attaching a garment-hook, means securedto the wall above the pivotal securing means for the arm for engagingthe slot in the outer end of the arm whereby when the arm is swung andelevated the same is retained in vertical position against the wall orfixed support, and whereby the series of carriers will permit thegarments to overlie each other in a vertical position, and means wherebythe arm may be supported in a horizontal position.

GEORGE W. COOK.

Witnesses H. W. BOWEN, H. A. OHAPIN.

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